Flame of Pure Fire : Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s by Roger Kahn (1999, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHoughton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
ISBN-100151002967
ISBN-139780151002962
eBay Product ID (ePID)127412763
Product Key Features
Book TitleFlame of Pure Fire : Jack Dempsey and the Roaring '20s
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicBoxing, United States / 20th Century, Sports
Publication Year1999
IllustratorYes
GenreSports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorRoger Kahn
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.6 in
Item Weight28.9 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN99-015382
Reviews"The fact that Jack Dempsey was one of America's preeminent celebrities in the 1920s was the result of both the man himself and the special decade in which he flourished. That is why Roger Kahn devotes almost equal attention to the two phenomena. Together, they give us a brilliantly written picture of a champion and his era."-Ring Lardner, Jr., "The fact that Jack Dempsey was one of America's preeminent celebrities in the 1920s was the result of both the man himself and the special decade in which he flourished. That is why Roger Kahn devotes almost equal attention to the two phenomena. Together, they give us a brilliantly written picture of a champion and his era."e"Ring Lardner, Jr., "One doesn't have to be a fan of boxing to be enthralled by this story of a nice guy who didn't finish last."-The New Yorker "An intoxicating panoply of legends and heroes, surely one of the most solid and delightful sporting histories of recent times."-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal796.83/092 B
SynopsisJack Dempsey was perfectly suited to the time in which he fought, the time when the United States first felt the throb of its own overwhelming power. For eight years and two months after World War I, Dempsey, with his fierce good looks and matchless dedication to the kill, was heavyweight champion of the world. A Flame of Pure Fire is the extraordinary story of a man and a country growing to maturity in a blaze of strength and exuberance that nearly burned them to ash. Hobo, roughneck, fighter, lover, millionaire, movie star, and, finally, a gentleman of rare generosity and sincerity, Dempsey embodied an America grappling with the confusing demands of preeminence. Dempsey lived a life that touched every part of the American experience in the first half of the twentieth century. Roger Kahn, one of our preeminent writers about the human side of sport, has found in Dempsey a subject that matches his own manifold talents. A friend of Dempsey's and an insightful observer of the ways in which sport can measure a society's evolution, Kahn reaches a new and exciting stage in his acclaimed career with this book. In the story of a man John Lardner called "a flame of pure fire, at last a hero," Roger Kahn finds the heart of America.
LC Classification NumberGV1132.D4K35 1999
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